broker

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♦ bro|ker /br'oʊkər/ (brokers brokering brokered)
1 [N-COUNT]
A broker is a person whose job is to buy and sell shares, foreign money, or goods for other people. (BUSINESS)
2 [VERB] V n
If a country or government brokers an agreement, a ceasefire, or a round of talks, they try to negotiate or arrange it.
The United Nations brokered a peace in Mogadishu at the end of March.
= negotiatehon|est bro|ker (honest brokers)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If a person or country acts as an honest broker, they try to help people resolve a dispute or arrange a deal by talking to all sides and finding out what they want, without favouring any one side.
Canada's prime minister will be hoping to play honest broker in the row between the United States and Japan.pow|er bro|ker (power brokers)
[N-COUNT]
A power broker is someone who has a lot of influence, especially in politics, and uses it to help other people gain power.
Jackson had been a major power-broker in the 1988 Presidential elections.

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